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WRITING COMPETITION

Burlington Books would like to welcome you back to the new school year
 with their latest Autumn Term Writing Competition!
They  have decided to offer their lucky ESO and Bachillerato winners
 fantastic prizes for their effort and creativity.

Theme: The Person I Most Admire in the World
Some suggestions:
- Famous person: a singer, artist, sports person etc.
- Historical figure: Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Sir Isaac Newton etc.
- Member of the family
- Or even (for extra marks) your teacher!
Around 150 words should be enough but there’s no limit.
 Photographs will be most welcome.
Closing Date: 17th  December 2010

Check your progress (p. 97, SB)

WORD LIST
beautician, childminder, coach, entrepreneur, fasshion designer, fire-fighter, hairdresser, journalist, judge, lawyer, manager, plumber, shop assistant, surgeon


VOCABULARY

1. childminder
2. beautician
3. shop assistant
4. surgeon
5. journalist
6. fashion designer
7. judge
8. hairdresser

GRAMMAR

Activity two

1. are having
2. leaves
3. Is ... studying
4. aren't talking
5. don't ... watch
6. is
7. isn't walking
8. Does ... give

Activity three

1. some
2. many
3. a
4. any
5. a lot of
6. much
7. a few
8. many

WRITING ( This is only an example)

My favourite sport is aerobics. I usually do aerobics at the community centre on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The teacher is very good and I enjoy the music she plays. I exercise for an hour and I really feel great after the class.

Are you carrying on your portfolio?

Remember to include:

• Me Bag activity about your last holiday.
• My Family.
• Obama to students.
• Board game: Let's talk about.
• Media discussion.
• Lipdub preparation.
• Macmillan Science: 4 units.
• theworldchallenge.co.uk (watch four projects and choose your favourite).
• eslvideo.com (watch videos at intermediate and high intermediate; songs are O.K. but remember to vary)

...

Make a change

Enjoy this day! Have lots of fun!

Our own lipdub!!!

For about one year ago the new word lip dub was spreaded into the whole world wide web. Especially on video platforms like or it became more and more popular. But what stands behind the word  lip dub and what does it really mean?

The term "lip dub" was coined by Jakob Lodwick, founder of Vimeo. (from imeo.com)

The idea and the word were formed by the founder of vimeo and became popular with publishing the world-wide first "office lipdub" by New York agency "Connected Ventures". This established a new way of company presentation in the web. Till this day many companies did it the same way with their own "office lipdub".

This year we have a big challenge: making our own lipdub, with our students, our school... We'll do this step by step.  Someone asked Are you nuts? We went crazy but... YES, WE CAN!!!

Coming soon...

How important is to learn another language?

Homework (Workbook, p.10-11)

HI! Here you are the right answers for the exercises I asked you to do. Correct yourselves and ask me if you find some problems. Don't worry, be happy!

Exercise 1

1. are
2. is
3. is
4. are
5. aren't
6. is
7. isn't
8. is

Exercise 2

1. am / am not
2. are / aren't
3. are
4. is / isn't
5. is

Exercise 3

1. Is your classroom black? No, it isn't
2. Is today Monday? Yes, it is / No, it isn't
3. Are your parents Canadian? Yes, they are / No, they aren't
4. Is the school big? Yes, it is / No, it isn't
5. Are you fifteen? Yes, I am / No, I'm not
6. Is blue your favourite colour? Yes, it is / No, it isn't
7. Is your birthday in September? Yes, it is / No, it isn't

Exercise 4

1. d
2. f
3. a
4. e
5. c
6. b

Exercise 5

1. Where is your house?
2. When is your birthday?
3. How old is he?
4. Why are you happy?
5. Who is she?
6. What's your favourite lesson?

Excercise 6
I accept all logical and grammatically correct answers.

Exercise 7

1. What's his name? His name is Johnny Depp
2. When was he born? He was born on 9th June
3. Where was he born? He was born in Kentucky
4. What's his nationality? He's American

Homework (Student's Book, page 15)

HI! Here you are the right answers for the activities I asked you to do. Correct yourselves and ask me if you find some difficulties. Take it easy!

Exercise 5

1. Janet doesn't usually play tennis, but she is playing tennis now.
2. Brad doesn't usually eat junk food, but he is eating a hamburger now.
3. Vera usually talks on the phone and she is talking on the phone at the moment.
4. Kevin and Tina usually watch TV, but they aren't watching TV now.
5. Ron and Kate don't usually read books, but they are reading books now.
6. Brian doesn't usually walk to school, but he is walking to school now.

Exercise 6

1. Do you always walk to school? Yes, I do / No, I don't.
2. Are you sitting in class at the moment?
3. Do your parents often watch TV?
4. Is your teacher talking now?
5. Are you talking to your friends right now?

Exercise 7

1. wants
2. doesn't like
3. asks
4. are... doing
5. answers
6. am watching
7. am playing
8. tells
9. wants
10. loves
11. doesn't know
12. is sitting
13. is trying

Exercise 8

1. Mary's mum wants her to work in the family supermarket.
2. Mary wants to work with her aunt at a fashion design centre.
3. Mary is sitting in her room and she's trying to think of a way to tell her mum about her plans.

READING LESSONS

Hi everyone!
    
 We are going to start reading a book. It is called The Big Mistake and Other Stories and it is  written by Nella Burnett-Stuart and Bruna Deriu. It is a mystery and horror book. David is looking forward to a quiet week by the sea with his girlfriend - but things don't turn out as he expected... Who stole the diamond necklace? Inspector Baker has been promised promotion if he can solve the case. Will he succeed ... Trudy is depressed and miserable. She isn't getting on with her parents. She's not the only one with problems though... Three young boys start digging in a garden. What exactly are they looking for? This is a stimulating collection of original stories.

 At the end of each chapter there are different activities. Remember that I will pick those activities up every week and at the end of the term there will be an interview about what you read. I hope we will have lots of fun with this story!